Toy.



F. DANIELS..

TOY. APPLICATlON FILED IULY 26. 19517:

Patented July 23, 1918.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEmE.

FARRINGTON DANIEQS, 0F WORCESTER7 MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TQ CHARLES F. lVIACCarILIaZ OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS,

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Juiy 23,1918.

Application led July 26, 1917. Serial No. 182,916.

Toys, of which the following is a specification.

i `This invention relates to toys and games and has for its object the providing of a device capable of use in a competition of skill and dexterity in projecting or impelling series of liquid rings through a transparent liquid body or medium in which is submerged any suitable or appropriate form of device to constitute a target or goal. Generally speaking, a water-tight holder or container for the liquid medium in which the objects which serve as a goal or target are submerged and means for forming and impelling floating rings of a' colored liquid somewhat heavier than the main body of the fluid so as to direct the rings around the submerged object. These and other features of the invention will b e more particularly described in detail in this specification and will be defined in the claims annexed hereto.

In the drawings I have illustrated a simple and convenient construction embodying the principles of this invention in which- Figure l shows a vertical elevation of the jar or container shown in cross-section.

Fig. 2 is a partial plan view illustrating the slotted cover and ejector guide for guiding and gaging the ring-forming and directing device.

In the practice of the invention according to the form illustrated rin the drawings I employ a jar or container a of any suitable form to contain water or other transparent liquid, said jar being made of glass or other transparent material to permit inspection of the interior in the Side as well as in the top.

In the bottom of the jar may be placed a series of targets of any desired form such as an anchored float b or a small model of submarine c provided with a periscope o.

Vhen the target objects have been placed in the bottomthe jar is filled with water to any desired level as indicated at a.

On the top of the jar is placed a cover d whose periphery is provided intermediate of the top and bottom with a supporting flange d adapted to rest on the top edge of the jar. The cover d also has preferably an inclined bottom .da provided with a trans verse slot d3 in which is mounted a movable slide block -c arranged to slide freely from end to end of said slot and having a central orifice e for receiving the' nozzle f of the ring-former and ejector f. The ejector f may be made in the for of a syringe with a contracted nozzle of comparatively small bore whose internal diameter would be approximately 'g1g of an inch. The piston of the ejector or ring-forming device is preferably actuated by a screwthreaded piston rod '7a2 having threaded engagement with the cap f3. The object of this screw-threaded engagement or feed for the piston is to control and limit the amount of liquid ejected vto form the successive rings since if the quantity expelled at onetime be too great there will be formed simply a big splash of the colored liquid instead of a ring. Practice will readily teach the user what is the proper amount to be expelled to form each ring.

The j arV ordinarily will be filled with water or other transparent liquid while the ringforming ejector will be filled with some colored fluid somewhat heavier than the transparent medium employed such for example as ordinary ink sothat it will sink toward the bottom of the jar when discharged into l the water.

It will be found that the speed at which the colored liquid ring travels toward the bottom will depend upon' the height from which it is dropped into the water. On the other hand if the nozzle'be raised to fall from the surface of the water the impact of the drop discharged upon the surfaceof the water will be so great as to prevent the formation of the ring. For-this reason the cover is made with the inclined bottom so that in connectionrwith the guide block it acts as a gage or guide for determining the most effective height for using the device.

As the cover may be rotated on the top of the jar the guide block and the ring discharger may be shifted from any position from the center to the periphery of the container and then by rotation may be brought over or in alinement with the target to be aimed at.

By putting the flange d intermediate of the side of the cover the cover may be made reversible to increase its range of adjustment. Y

The essence of competition in playing a.

game with this toy is to furnish each player1 with a container having its submerged 0bjects and an overhead ring-forming discharging device the object being to see Which can succeed in rst putting a ring around each one of the submerged objects. Skill and eX# perience is necessary not only in locating the ringLforming device in proper alin'em'ent with the object to be ringed but also the most effective height or distance above the surface of the Water to cause a rapid descent of the ring Without breaking it up by dropping from too great an elevation. Moreover the ivater must be kept free from eddies or swirls tending' to break up the ring formation. Another element of skill is linvolved in expelling the proper amount of liquid to form a perfect ring.

Vhat I claim is:

l. A game or toy embracing in combination a liquid container having one or more targets submerged therein beloiv the water level, and a liquid-containing discharging device movable above the surface of the Water to form and direct liquid rings at the target, substantially as described.

2. A game or `toy embracing in combination a liquid container, a submerged target located below the level of the -liquid in the container, and a device for expelling drops of colored liquid into the body of liquid from above its surface, said device being movable toward and away from the surface of the Water as Well as over its surface, substantially as described.

3. A game or toy embracing in combination a glass jar for containing a transparent liquid and a submerged target therein, and a device for expelling in succession small quantities of a colored liquid, said ldevice being located above the surface of the liquid,

and 'guiding means for adjustably supporting said device in different positions above the lsurface of the liquid, substantially as described'.

Ll. The combination of a transparent jar or liquid container, a cover therefor provided with a slotted guide member, a slide block mounted in said guide member, `and a liquid expelling device Whose nozzle is engaged and supported by said slide block, substantially as described.

5. The game or toy embracing in `combination -a liquid containerof transparent material, `a movable liquid container adapted to be supported above the surface of the liquid in the jar, vineans for expelling a predetermined quantity of liquid from said container into the jar, and mea-ns for guiding or gaging the movement of said overhead container in order to direct the liquid expel-led therefrom into diEer-ent portions of the Vbody of liquid in the jar With varying degrees of force, substantially as described.

6. The described game or ltoy embracing in combination a yglass .jar adapted to contain liquid, an invertible cover therefor provided iv-ith a guidefvvay formedfobliquely to the level of the liquid, a guide member mounted in said guide-Way, a ring-forming device comprising a liquid container With ya restricted nozzleand a screw 'thread piston for expelling regulated quantities of the liquid therein into the ar, saidring-forming device being mounted in the .guide-Way so. as to be movable to various positions and levels above the surface of the liquid in the jar,substantiallyas described.

ln Witness whereof, I-have'subscribed the above specification.

FARRINGTON DANIELS.

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